{{short description|British sport shooter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Use British English|date=November 2023}}
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'''Julia Lydall''' (born 16 May 1986) is a British sport shooter who has won two bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games. She represented Great Britain at the 2006 World Shooting Championships in Zagreb.
==Early life== Lydall was born in Haywards Heath, West Sussex. She has a degree in quantity surveying.<ref name="ISSF"/>
==Sporting career== At the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne, Australia, Lydall won the bronze medal in the 10m air pistol pairs with Georgina Geikie.<ref>{{cite news|title=English shooters bag three golds|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/commonwealth_games/4821816.stm|access-date=9 July 2012|date=19 March 2006|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Shooting: pistol events|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/commonwealth_games/results/4783044.stm|access-date=9 July 2012|date=25 March 2006|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Matthew Beard |title=Unfair gun laws will ruin my Olymic aim |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/709493247 |access-date=30 December 2023 |work=Evening Standard |date=3 July 2007 |page=59 |language=en-gb}}</ref>
In 2008 with Georgina Geikie and Kathryn Pearson she set a new British Team Record for Women's Air Pistol of 1128 at the InterShoot competition in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite news |title=Intershoot News |url=https://britishshooting.org.uk/article/502 |access-date=17 November 2023 |publisher=British Shooting |date=29 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311160705/https://britishshooting.org.uk/article/502 |archive-date=11 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
She competed for England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India. Again partnered with Geikie, the pair repeated their result at the 2006 Games by winning a bronze medal in the 25m pistol pairs with a score of 1122 points.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gorgs sets sights on London 2012 |url=https://www.tavistock-today.co.uk/news/gorgs-sets-sights-on-london-2012-383642 |access-date=14 November 2023 |work=Tavistock Times Gazette |publisher=Tindle Newspapers |date=13 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114101336/https://www.tavistock-today.co.uk/news/gorgs-sets-sights-on-london-2012-383642 |archive-date=14 November 2023 |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref name=Funding>{{cite news|title=Shooter Georgina Geikie upbeat despite funding cut|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/shooting/9129326.stm|access-date=9 July 2012|date=2 November 2010|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
==References== <references>
<ref name="ISSF">{{cite web |title=Julia Lydall |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHGBRW1605198601 |website=issf-sports.org |publisher=International Shooting Sport Federation |access-date=17 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720211914/https://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHGBRW1605198601 |archive-date=20 July 2014 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{ISSF|SHGBRW1605198601}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lydall, Julia}} Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:British female sport shooters Category:ISSF pistol shooters Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Category:Shooters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Category:Shooters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in shooting Category:Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Category:21st-century British sportswomen